IMF chief hails 'constructive' Spring Meetings held under tariff uncertainty

IMF chief hails 'constructive' Spring Meetings held under tariff uncertainty

The head of the International Monetary Fund said Friday that financial leaders meeting in Washington this week had shown a "remarkably constructive spirit," despite the uncertainty from Donald Trump's tariff plans.

While the main player in world trade - the USA - alternates its positions and does not make clear its real strategy with the war on tariffs, the world awaits and evaluates what is to come and how to act

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, said Friday that her agency's spring meetings with the World Bank have reinforced the prospects for the international community to reach understandings to defuse the uncertainty caused by the trade war.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Saudi Arabian Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan said after a meeting of the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) in Washington that the talks were held in a constructive spirit, given the uncertainty over US tariff policy.

The spring meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will take place in Washington until Saturday. The conference will focus on international fiscal policy - which is subject to some uncertainties that can be traced back to exactly one uncertainty. Or rather unpredictability: Donald Trump. When he announced his aggressive tariff package on April 2, the IMF had to throw over all previous economic forecasts again.

Economic Watch: Tariff clouds loom over IMF, World Bank Spring Meetings

World Bank Group President Ajay Banga (2nd R, Rear) attends an event during the 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 22, 2025. (Xinhua/Xie E)U.S. tariffs have been mostly talked about at IMF and WBG spring meetings, concerns are spreading worldwide about the impact on trade, and delegates expect uncertainty to weigh